4:14 AM,
Sep. 26, 2013

Jim Leyland moonwalks out of the celebratory Tigers clubhouse after Wednesday's game in Minneapolis.

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Detroit Free Press Staff

Manager Jim Leyland, just like the past two seasons when the Detroit Tigers clinched the AL Central, was overcome with emotion in the clubhouse. During an interview with FSD, Mario Impemba asked him a question - to sum up his emotions - in a quiet room away from the champagne-soaked locker room celebration. Here's how Leyland responded and what happened next:

"We talked in spring training. This was a tough year for the guys because the expectations were so high and it was almost like we were set up to fail. And from Day 1 of spring training I told them ?" Leyland had been talking for 13 seconds and he ...